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Definition of mascle in English: masclenoun ˈmɑːsk(ə)lˈmaskəl Heraldry A charge in the form of a lozenge with a central lozenge-shaped opening through which the field appears. Example sentencesExamples - He has on the back of his stone a shield with nine rows of chequers; over the top of the shield is a mascle between two keys fesswise, bits inwards and downwards.
- A woman whose marriage has been dissolved bears on a lozenge her paternal arms, charged for the purpose of distinction with a mascle.
- The fret itself is an interwoven cross with a mascle, and both are indicative of service in the Crusades.
- The term mascle is from Latin ‘maculus’ meaning ‘spot,’ which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Anglo-Latin mascula 'mesh'. Definition of mascle in US English: masclenounˈmaskəl Heraldry A lozenge voided, i.e., with a central lozenge-shaped aperture. Example sentencesExamples - A woman whose marriage has been dissolved bears on a lozenge her paternal arms, charged for the purpose of distinction with a mascle.
- He has on the back of his stone a shield with nine rows of chequers; over the top of the shield is a mascle between two keys fesswise, bits inwards and downwards.
- The term mascle is from Latin ‘maculus’ meaning ‘spot,’ which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail.
- The fret itself is an interwoven cross with a mascle, and both are indicative of service in the Crusades.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Anglo-Latin mascula ‘mesh’. |